v2.3.17 - dsync says invalid option -- E

[Bernardo Reino]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021, Bernardo Reino wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
>
>>  Hello,
>>
>>  I've got some scripts that archive off mail that stopped working with
>>  2.3.17. Specifically this worksin 2.3.16:
>>
>>  sudo -n /usr/local/bin/dsync -u dluke -m Sent -o mail_location=mbox:~/tmp/
>>  mirror maildir:~/Maildir/
>>
>>  but fails on 2.3.17 with the following error message:
>>
>>  dsync: invalid option -- E
>
> I've just noticed that I have the same error when running my weekly e-mail 
> backup. The command I use is:
> 	 dsync -v -u $USER backup -P mdbox:/secure/$USER/mdbox
>
> which resulted in
> 	 backup: invalid option -- 'E'
>
> I don't use, nor do I know of, any such option.

OK, apparently that option is implied when running "dsync" instead of "doveadm".
I've replaced my command with

# doveadm -v backup -u $USER -P $DESTINATION

and it works fine.

Cheers.